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How to Introduce New Chickens into Your Flock, Questions and Answers

by McMurray Staff | Jun 21, 2011 | Raising Chickens

[scg_html_flock_integration_series] 1. How old should the chickens be when I introduce them into the main flock? We recommend that you wait until the new chickens are nearly the same size as the mature chickens in your existing flock.  Install a temporary partition in...

How to Introduce New Chickens into your Flock, part 3

by McMurray Staff | Jun 9, 2011 | Raising Chickens

[scg_html_flock_integration_series] Below are some tips to make it as painless as possible to introduce new chickens to your existing flock. With these tips, you may still see some aggression, but hopefully it will be minimal. Side by Side Temporarily install a...

How to Introduce New Chickens into your Flock, part 2

by McMurray Staff | Jun 3, 2011 | Baby Chicks, Raising Chickens

[scg_html_flock_integration_series] Disease and Parasites When you introduce new chickens to your flock, you run the risk of also introducing new diseases or parasites to your flock. If you take your chickens to poultry shows, then you run that same risk when you...

How to Introduce New Chickens into your Flock, part 1

by McMurray Staff | May 26, 2011 | Raising Chickens

[scg_html_flock_integration_series] If you’ve ever raised chicks then later added them to an existing flock of mature chickens, then you know that it is often an unpleasant experience. The older chickens peck the newcomers hard. They chase them, and they try to...

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